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CLIENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("client" is a kind of...):
computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Holonyms ("client" is a part of...):
computer network ((computer science) a network of computers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who pays for goods or services
Synonyms:
client; customer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("client" is a kind of...):
consumer (a person who uses goods or services)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "client"):
buyer; emptor; purchaser; vendee (a person who buys)
guest (a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.)
frequenter; patron (a regular customer)
policyholder (a person who holds an insurance policy; usually, the client in whose name an insurance policy is written)
shopper (someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy)
disburser; expender; spender (someone who spends money to purchase goods or services)
reader; subscriber (someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication)
taker (one who accepts an offer)
warrantee (a customer to whom a warrant or guarantee is given)
john; trick; whoremaster; whoremonger (a prostitute's customer)
Holonyms ("client" is a member of...):
business relation (a relation between different business enterprises)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("client" is a kind of...):
case (a person requiring professional services)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Holonyms ("client" is a member of...):
attorney-client relation; lawyer-client relation (the responsibility of a lawyer to act in the best interests of the client)
Context examples:
My poor Utterson, said he, you are unfortunate in such a client.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
But here, unless I am mistaken, is our client.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The clinical specialist has expertise in the process of case management, consultation, collaboration, and education of clients, staff, and other health professionals.
(Home Health Nurse Specialist, NCI Thesaurus)
It took down Dyn clients, including several popular websites such as Twitter, Netflix, Spotify, Reddit, New York Times, and Wired.
(Distributed malware attacks Dyn DNS, takes down websites in US, Wikinews)
HER2, a tyrosine kinase and client protein of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90), may be overexpressed on the cell surfaces of various tumor cell types.
(Copper Cu 64-DOTA-Trastuzumab, NCI Thesaurus)
A commercial organization contracted by a client to perform one or more research-related functions.
(Contract Research Organization, NCI Thesaurus)
Subsequently, the function of HSP90 is inhibited, leading to the degradation and depletion of client proteins such as kinases and transcription factors involved with cell cycle regulation and signal transduction.
(Anthracycline Antineoplastic Antibiotic, NCI Thesaurus)
Subsequently, the function of Hsp90 is inhibited, leading to the degradation and depletion of its client proteins such as kinases and transcription factors involved with cell cycle regulation and signal transduction.
(Alvespimycin, NCI Thesaurus)
Holmes slowly reopened his eyes and looked impatiently at his gigantic client.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“The Russian Prince is a client of yours, is he?” said Steerforth.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
